Tag: Japanese Fashion Designers

AvantGarde Harajuku Director w/ World’s Tallest Mohawk

AvantGarde Harajuku Director w/ World’s Tallest Mohawk

Posted on October 22, 2012 in

Japanese legwear shop AvantGarde Harajuku is one of the hottest shops in Harajuku right now. Several popular street fashion icons work at the shop (including Juria) and celebs from Japan and around Asia wear AvantGarde tights. The meteoric rise of

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Fairy Kei Fashion From the Streets of Harajuku – Strawberry Planet & Mello Brand Profiles

Fairy Kei Fashion From the Streets of Harajuku – Strawberry Planet & Mello Brand Profiles

Posted on October 18, 2012 in

Harajuku is known worldwide for its eclectic street fashion scene. There are hundreds of fashion genres, subgenres, & subcultures that have bloomed on these famous streets. One of the Harajuku styles that has reached "iconic' status is fairy kei. Fairy

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Ami & Aya of Jouetie on the Street in Harajuku

Ami & Aya of Jouetie on the Street in Harajuku

Posted on February 6, 2012 in

Here are two stylish and cute young women who fans of Japanese fashion know very well: it's Ami & Aya! Ami & Aya are twins who rose to fame as models before becoming producers of their own fast-rising fashion brand,

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Japanese Fashion Designer’s Graphic Blazer in Harajuku

Japanese Fashion Designer’s Graphic Blazer in Harajuku

Posted on October 26, 2011 in

Here's an indie Japanese fashion designer who we ran into in Harajuku. His name is Hidetaka, and his Saitama-based shop is called Kasai Shouten. Hidetaka is wearing a blazer of his own design with graphics of the male and female

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Nicki Minaj Boosts Japanese Designer Shojono Tomo in TV Appearance

Nicki Minaj Boosts Japanese Designer Shojono Tomo in TV Appearance

Posted on August 9, 2011 in

American rapper, hip hop singer, and all-around media sensation Nicki Minaj appeared on Good Morning American over the weekend. That may not sound like the kind of news you'd expect to read about on a site called "Tokyo Fashion", but

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Musashino Fashion College Incubate – Harajuku Popup Shop 2011

Musashino Fashion College Incubate – Harajuku Popup Shop 2011

Posted on July 26, 2011 in

Every year, the students of Tokyo's Musashino Fashion College curate a temporary popup boutique in Harajuku. The popup shop is part of the school's incubation system with a goal of building the skills of young fashion designers. Thus, the shop

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Takashi Nishiyama, Japanese Fashion Designer

Takashi Nishiyama, Japanese Fashion Designer

Posted on October 23, 2010 in

All during Japan Fashion Week in Tokyo #11, TokyoFashion.com's photographers have been running all over town covering runway shows, exhibitions, parties, and other goings-on. In between the official JFW events, we've tried to make time to grab a few quick

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Yohji Yamamoto “The Men” Runway Show in Tokyo

Yohji Yamamoto “The Men” Runway Show in Tokyo

Posted on April 2, 2010 in

More than 3,000 people crammed into the Yoyogi National Stadium in Tokyo last night, April 1, 2010, to see the return of a living legend. Fashion designer and Japanese icon Yohji Yamamoto held his first menswear runway show in the

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Tsumori Chisato x Petit Bateau

Tsumori Chisato x Petit Bateau

Posted on December 15, 2009 in

According to the fashion industry magazine WWD, the ultra-popular Japanese fashion brand Tsumori Chisato will be collaborating with French brand Petit Bateau on a Fall/Winter 2010 capsule collection for infants, children, and adults. We haven't seen the designs yet, but

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Snoopy x Mercibeaucoup Spring 2009

Snoopy x Mercibeaucoup Spring 2009

Posted on May 7, 2009 in

The Japanese fashion brand Mercibeaucoup, by designer Eri Utsugi, recently launched a line of clothing in collaboration with the popular American comic character Snoopy. Mercibeaucoup has done some Snoopy items in the past, but there are a bunch of new

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